Types of Admission

Final Admissions

Provisional Admissions

10% Exception Admissions

Conditional Admissions

Applicants accepted for admission whose official documents (transcripts
and/or test scores and all supplemental material required by the desired
program) have been received by the Office of Graduate Studies are
admitted as “Final.” The admission file is complete.

Applicants accepted for admission whose official documents (transcripts

and/or test scores) have not been received by the Office of Graduate
Studies are admitted provisionally pending receipt of these missing items.
The required transcripts and/or test scores must be received before a
second semester registration is permitted.

If the missing documents are not provided by the end of the first
semester of attendance, the student’s admission into a degree seeking
program may be rescinded and the transcript of completed coursework
will reflect non-degree seeking status.

Applicants from non-regionally accredited U.S. institutions may apply for

special consideration for admission on an individual basis if:

• they score at least 1000 on the verbal plus quantitative portions

of the GRE General Test, or 500 on the Graduate Management Admission

Test (GMAT), and

• have a "B" average or better in all work attempted as an

upper division student working for a baccalaureate degree.

USF St. Petersburg may admit up to 10% of new enrollees as exceptions
to the Board of Trustees minimum requirements. To be considered for an
exception, a student should:

• present evidence that their academic preparation was such that it
  might account for less than the minimal scores on the GRE and the
  GPA, and

• Present evidence of potential for academic success such as:

  a.  excellent letters of recommendation from trusted academicians

  b.  performance in graduate courses taken as a post-bachelor's

       student

c.  professional experience in his/her discipline for a period of time, etc.

Each request for a 10% exception must include a statement describing the
special circumstances of the applicant. It is up to the discretion of the
program and college to accept exception application requests.

A program and/or college may admit students conditionally upon satisfaction
of requirements separate from University minimum requirements.

These conditions may include attendance in specific core or remedial courses
and/or required earned GPA for those courses.

Failure to satisfy conditions required by the program and/or college will result
in academic dismissal from the program.